Garment hanger



- Aug. 15, 1944. R 608m 2,355,969

GARMENT HANGE R 1 Filed Feb. 18. 1943 Patented Aug. 15, 1944 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER 7 Robert Gustin, Boston, Mass. IApplication February 18, 1943', Serial No. 476,282

'3 Claims.

The present invention relates generally to garment hangers, moreparticularly to garment hangers for supporting coats and trousers, andspecifically to garment hangers constructed from sheet materialsforsupporting coats and trousers.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an improvedgarment hanger of the character described, in the use of which theformations of undesirable transverse creases in trousers are avoided andcannot occur.

Another object of the .present invention is to provide an improvedgarment hanger of the character described, in which the means for thepreventing of the formations of undesirable transverse creases introusers is readily securable to, and detachable from, the bodyoftheimproved garment hanger.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improvedgarment hanger of the character described, which, though constructedwholly of sheet materials, shall possess'the strength and rigidity ofgarment hangers constructed of materials of greater intrinsic strengths.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improvedgarment hanger of the character described and fulfilling the objectspreviously mentioned, which can be constructed economically out of theminimum amount of sheet material, which in semi-assembled state canreadily be packed and shipped in fiat condition, and which can readilyand quickly be assembled completely when required for use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improvedgarment hanger of the character described, wherein the member serving asthe means for the securing of the body of the improved garment hanger toa suitable support shall possess strength more than adequatelysubstantial for the purpose which it is to subserve.

The attainment of these and other objects of the present invention andthe advantages attendant upon its use will readily become apparent whenconsideration is given to the following description thereof, and to theaccompanying drawing thereof, which forms a part of the specification,and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the body of the improved garment hanger,showing a central portion which is removable to serve as the means forthe preventing of the formations of undesirable transverse creases introusers when hung upon th improved garment hanger.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the member which serves as the means for thesecuring of the body of the improved garment hanger to a suitableventing of the formations of support, just as that member is formed outof suitable sheet materials by stamping, and before it is bent, folded,and secured to the body of the improved garment hanger.

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the assembled improved garmenthanger, showing themember which serves as the means for the securing ofthe body of the improved garment hanger to a suitable support, andshowing the member which serves as the means for the preventing of theformations of undesirable transverse creases in trousers when hung uponthe improved garment hanger and the mode of securing detachably to thebody of the improved garment hanger the member which serves as the meansfor the pre-:

undesirable transverse creases in trousers when hung upon theim provedgarment hanger.

Fig. 4 is aside elevation in crosssectionalong the line 4, 4, of Fig. 3of the assembled improved garment hanger, showing the details ofconstruction of the member which serves as the means for the securing ofthe body of the improved garment hanger to a suitable support, andshowing the member which serves as the means for the preventing of theformations of undesirable transverse creases in trousers when hung uponthe improved garment hanger and the mode of securing detachably to thebody of the improved garment hanger the member which serves as the meansfor the preventing of the formations of undesirable transverse creasesin trousers when hung upon the improved garment hanger.

In the drawing, I is the body of the improved garment hanger, which mayconsist of any suitable sheet material of thickness adequate to affordsufficient strength thereto, and which is given the conformation shownin the drawing, in order that it may be able to receive and to support acoat. Out of the central portion of the body I of the improved garmenthanger is stamped the member 3, which may be termed a trouser guard, andwhich is provided with a plurality of transverse parallel incisions 4,4, such that that portion of the trouser guard 3 containing suchincisions can be bent, folded, and rolled to yield a substantiallycylindrical surface. The body I of the improved garment hanger isfurther provided with one or more incisions 5, 5, adapted to receive aplane portion of the trouser guard 3 in a manner to be describedpresently.

In the drawing, 2 is the member which serves as the means for thesecuring of the body I of the improved garment hanger to a suitablesupport and which may be termed the supporting member. As is shown inFigs. 3 and 4, the supporting member 2 is bent, folded, and secured atits ends, by any suitable adhesive, to the body I of the improvedgarment hanger in such a man ner that the two plies, of sheet materialare united at their tops in a fold along a line that is substantiallyparallel to the line of support for the trousers in the improved garmenthanger. In this form of construction, it has been found that thesupporting member 2 possesses rigidity and strength greater than in anyform of construction wherein the line of union of the two plies of sheetmaterial is inclined at any appreciable angle to the line of support forthe trousers in the improved garment hanger; or, in other words, whereinthe line of union of the two plies of sheet material is inclined at anyappreciable angle to the horizontal, when the supporting member 2 ishung upon a support.

In Figs. 3 and 4, the trouser guard 3 is shown bent, folded, and rolledtoprovide a substantially cylindrical surface, and the plane portion ofthe trouser guard 3 inserted into the incisions 5, 5, in the body I ofthe improved garment hanger and held detachably in position by andbetween the body I of the improved garment hanger and the strip thereofintervening between the incisions 5., 5, in the body I of the improvedgarment hanger. Now when trousers are draped over the substantiallycylindrical surface presented by the bent, folded and. rolled portion ofthe trouser guard 3', there can be no formations of undesirabletransverse creases in the trousers.

The improved garment hanger described above may beformedout of anysuitable sheet material, such as thin sheet metal, fiber board,cardboard, or similar materials.

I am aware that there is known in the art a trouser guard in. the formof a device having a longitudinal cylindrical surface and provided withnotches in its ends to engage with the body of a garment hanger at theends of. its trouser receiving slot; but such trouser guard is lesseasily securable to, and detachable from, the body of the garment hangerthan is the trouser guard 3 of the present invention.

While I have shown a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thepresent invention is not to be limited thereto, for it is to beunderstood to be as broadly novel as is commensurate with the scopes ofthe appended claims.

Having thus described the present invention, I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising a body of sheet material provided with acentrally located opening having a straight longitudinal base line and asupporting member consisting of two plies of sheet material whose lowerends are secured to the opposite facesof the upper portion of the bodyof sheet material and whose upper ends are united along a linesubstantially parallel with the straight longitudinal base line of thecentrally located opening in the body of sheet material.

2. A garment hanger comprising a body of sheet material provided with acentrally located opening having a straight longitudinal base line and asupporting member consisting of sheet material in the form of a doublehook, bent and folded along a line defining the upper edges of thehooks, each of the hooks being gluedat its lower end and on its, innerfaceto a face of the body of sheet material to'provide a support of twoplies of sheet material therefor.

3. A garment hanger comprising a body of sheet material provided with acentrally located opening having a straight longitudinal base line andtwo hook shaped supporting members consisting of sheet material gluedtothe opposite faces of. the body of sheet material and united at theirupper edges along a line substantially parallel to the straightlongitudinal base line of the centrally located opening in the body ofsheet material.

ROBERT GUSTIN.

